Dolichogenidea joshdarfleri Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2025

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Boudreault, Caroline, Whitfield, James B., Höcherl, Amelie, Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred & Janzen, Daniel H., 2025, A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Dolichogenidea Viereck (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in the Neotropical region, with the description of 102 new species, ZooKeys 1237, pp. 1-250 : 1-250

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1237.141007
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F77FA5A7-28CC-44B4-9428-D799119E4A18
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15357596
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/11F43944-4DCC-5978-9609-2C4466AC41CA
treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Dolichogenidea joshdarfleri Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Dolichogenidea joshdarfleri Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

Fig. 78 A – F View Figure 78

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Vado Rio Francia ; 10.90093, -85.28915; 400 m; 09.ix.2007; D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise trap; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0025369 GoogleMaps . Paratypes. Costa Rica • 3 Females, CNC; DHJPAR 0025356 , DHJPAR 0025400 , DHJPAR 0025424 .

Diagnostic description.

Anteromesoscutum with relatively coarse punctures; scutellar disc mostly with punctures; anterior 0.3 of mesopleuron and posterior 0.4–0.5 of metapleuron sculptured; T 1 parallel-sided or mostly parallel-sided, its length medially less ~ 3.0 × its width at posterior margin; T 2 centrally smooth, with some sculpture along margins; T 2 comparatively very transverse, its length medially ~ 5.0 × its width at posterior margin; tegula and humeral complex yellow; legs mostly pale (yellow), except for metacoxa with anterior 0.4 brown; body length: 2.70–2.90 mm; fore wing length: 2.80–3.00 mm. Among all species with smooth T 2 and pale pro- and mesocoxae, D. joshdarfleri can be distinguished by coarse punctures on several areas of mesosoma, its T 1 and T 2 shape, T 2 sculpture, color of tegula and humeral complex, and body size.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAC 7481 (11 sequences, 6 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named after Josh Darfler in recognition of his months of administrating meetings for the Department of Biology housing DHJ and WH.